According to Reading Museum, which houses a replica of the tapestry, it was "probably commissioned" in the 1070s by the half-brother of William the Conqueror - the Bishop Odo of Bayeux.

No, it's not the latest Eastenders script but the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered story ... has been rescued by William of Normandy after becoming shipwrecked in northern France.

It was commissioned to mark William the Conqueror's victory over Harold Godwinson. Tapestries are wonderful works of art woven on a loom. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, however, is an embroidery made ...

It has also been judged as the most accurate copy in the world. The original Bayeux Tapestry visually tells the story of the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 in the south coast ...

lost his eye to an arrow and his crown to William, Duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Hastings. A great deal of what we know, or think we know about the event, is captured in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Explore how the drama of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, shaped the future of Westminster Abbey. In 1066, William the Conqueror led the Norman Invasion of England, ...

You might ask why on earth would you make a stop to see a tapestry when Camembert cheese, hard cider and the rolling Normandy hills are beckoning? Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an ...